Researchers found that just six per cent of women and four per cent of men still write love letters.
They found that couples, instead, are turning to more modern methods and choosing to text, email or sending sweet nothings on publically on Twitter.
In the survey, 96 per cent of women and 92 per cent of men admitted sending romantic emails to a loved one, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
As many as 97 per cent of women and 89 per cent of men polled also expressed their love through texts.
The figure was lower for tweets - 43 per cent of women and 39 per cent of men - but that is because not everyone is on the social networking site Twitter.
Tweets are also visible to everyone, whereas emails and texts are much more private.
A dating website, which carried out the survey, found that just one man in 25 still writes love letters while the figure was slightly higher for women.
The study showed that couples have largely abandoned putting pen to paper in favour of shorter digital messages which aren't cherished over many years in the same way as letters.
It laso found that couples do keep particularly poignant emails and tweets but many don't bother to save them or just let them delete automatically.
"What this survey shows is that we are just as romantic as we have ever been - we are just showing it in a different way," SeekingArrangement founder Brandon Wade said.
"There is nothing wrong with that: texts or emails are much more immediate and can be just as heartfelt. Who wants to wait two days for the postman?" Wade added.
